(981) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. INDRAJ[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025 Administrative Law — Judicial Review — Scope of — High Court exceeded its jurisdiction by re-examining the merits of the case and the quantum of punishment after a due inquiry and admission of guilt by the employee. India Law Library Docid # 2435226
(982) KOPARGAON SAHAKARI SAKHAR KARKHANA LTD (NOW KNOWN AS KARMAVEER SHANKARRAO KALE SHAHKARI SHAKHAR KARKHANA LTD.) Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025 Insurance Law — Boiler and Pressure Plant Policy — Exclusion Clause — Applicability — Repudiation of claim based on exclusion clause for defects due to deterioration, corrosion, and age — Court held that exclusion clause cannot defeat the main purpose of the insurance contract, which is to indemnify the policyholder against unforeseen events like accidents. India Law Library Docid # 2435227
(983) M/S POLY MEDICURE LTD. Vs. M/S BRILLIO TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 2(1)(d) — Definition of "consumer" — Commercial purpose — Company purchasing software for automating business processes — Purpose held to be augmenting efficiency and increasing profits — Not for earning livelihood by self-employment — Appellant not a consumer. India Law Library Docid # 2435228
(984) IN RE: SARANDA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025 Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 — Section 18, 26A — Declaration of sanctuary — State Government's failure to act on National Green Tribunal directions to consider declaring Saranda Forest area as a sanctuary and notifying Eco-Sensitive Zone — Supreme Court directs State to file affidavit explaining delay — Proposal for Saranda Wildlife Sanctuary and Sasangdaburu Conservation Reserve submitted by State — India Law Library Docid # 2435229
(985) NAMITA GUPTA Vs. KUNAL KUMAR NANGALIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025 Transfer Petition (Civil) — Matrimonial Disputes — Settlement through Mediation — Divorce by Mutual Consent — Article 142 of the Constitution of India — Where parties to a Transfer Petition voluntarily enter into a Settlement Agreement mediated through the Supreme Court Mediation Centre, confirming their desire to dissolve the marriage and India Law Library Docid # 2435422
(986) ANIL PANCHAL Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025 Bail — Grant of bail by Supreme Court — Factors considered — Petitioner's period of incarceration (more than four years), ongoing trial (only 7 out of 38 witnesses examined), and delay in trial proceedings are grounds for granting bail — Petitioner released on bail subject to conditions imposed by the Trial Court. India Law Library Docid # 2435424
(987) PREETI GUPTA Vs. DEEPANSHU GUPTA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025 Transfer Petition — Transfer of Matrimonial Proceedings — Mutual Settlement and Divorce by Consent — Parties referred to Supreme Court Mediation Centre reached an amicable settlement, reduced to writing (Settlement Agreement dated 02.09.2025), and filed a joint application for dissolution of marriage and other reliefs. India Law Library Docid # 2435427
(988) M/S PARAG CONSTRUCTION Vs. SANDHYA NANDEDKAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Non-compliance with Supreme Court orders and Consent Terms — Land acquisition for bus station development quashed by High Court — Subsequent compromise recorded by Supreme Court vide order dated 31.10.2002 incorporating original, subsequent, and amended Consent Terms — Repeated disputes over obligations leading to subsequent orders (e.g., 08.09.2008) — India Law Library Docid # 2435468
(989) MUNICIPAL CORPORATION FARIDABAD Vs. KHORI GAON RESIDENTS WELFARE ASSOCIATION (REGD.) THR ITS PRESIDENT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025 Supreme Court – Rehabilitation of Displaced Persons – Habitability and Infrastructure – Court's prior directions required IIT Delhi to inspect the habitability, structural status, water supply, drainage, sewerage, leakages, and seepages of 1072 flats/blocks designated for displaced persons pursuant to earlier court orders. India Law Library Docid # 2435563
(990) S.P. SINGLA CONSTRUCTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Appointment of Arbitrator — Modification of Arbitral Tribunal — Common Project and Related Disputes — Where disputes arise from separate contracts relating to the same project between the same parties, and one Arbitral Tribunal is already seized of an earlier reference, the subsequent dispute can be referred to the same common Arbitral Tribunal to best serve the ends of India Law Library Docid # 2435574
(991) RASHMI ROUT Vs. GYANADIPTA ROUT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025 Transfer Petition — Transfer of Matrimonial Proceedings — Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) — Section 25 — Transfer of MAT Suit No. 35 of 2024 for restitution of conjugal rights (Section 9, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955) filed by husband from Civil Judge, Senior Division, Koraput to Principal Judge, Family Court, Saket, New Delhi was allowed upon finding that the wife (petitioner) had made out a case for transfer. India Law Library Docid # 2435577
(992) SHEIKH SEHZAD Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Bail (Regular Bail) — Prolonged incarceration pending trial — Considerations for bail — Appellant incarcerated since January 21, 2021 (nearly five years) pending trial for an offense related to FIR No. 30 of 2021 — Supreme Court grants regular bail emphasizing that long periods of pre-trial detention India Law Library Docid # 2435588
(993) RAVI SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) — Appeal against High Court order rejecting regular bail — Allegation of involvement based on mobile numbers disclosed by co-accused (from whom contraband was recovered) — Subsequent India Law Library Docid # 2435595
(994) BRANCH MANAGER, PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK AND OTHERS Vs. GURU NANAK ENGINEERING WORKS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) — Debts Recovery Tribunal — Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993 (RDB Act) — Non-Performing Asset (NPA) — High Court set aside demand notice under Section 13(2) of SARFAESI Act and quashed all further India Law Library Docid # 2435415
(995) CHANDIMA JANAKA WIJESINGHE Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025 Family Law — Custody/Visitation/Interlocutory Arrangement — Dispute between husband (Sri Lankan citizen) and wife concerning children — Supreme Court facilitated interaction between parties and children and recorded encouraging signs of lack of animosity — Interim arrangement agreed upon: (i) Wife to arrange a nearby 2/3 bedroom India Law Library Docid # 2435416
(996) ADIL NOSHIR MITHAIWALA Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 200 — Issuance of process — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Principle of Double Jeopardy and Abuse of Process of Law — Criminal proceedings initiated in India for offenses under Sections 420, 406, 408, 409, 477A read with Sections 120-B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, based on a complaint, cannot be sustained when the same issue has been previously raised and adjudicated upon by both civil and criminal Courts in a foreign country (UAE) and India Law Library Docid # 2437403
(997) GOLLA NARAESH KUMAR YADAV ETC. Vs. KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138, Section 142(2), Section 142A — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 406 (Corresponding to Section 446 BNSS) — Transfer of proceedings — Territorial jurisdiction — Cases under Section 138 NI Act — Despite Section 142(2) establishing jurisdiction based on the payee's bank where the cheque is deposited, the power of the Supreme Court to transfer criminal cases under Section 406 CrPC (Section 446 BNSS) to meet the ends of India Law Library Docid # 2437422
(998) THE STATE OF KARNATAKA BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025 Cauvery Water Disputes — Mekedatu Balancing Reservoir Cum Drinking Water Project — Stay on preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) — Application by State of Tamil Nadu seeking stay on preparation of DPR by State of Karnataka and withdrawal of permission by Central Water Commission (CWC) — CWC permission dated November 22, 2018, only allowed preparation of DPR subject to considering objections of Tamil Nadu and making prior acceptance/approval of Cauvery Water India Law Library Docid # 2437569
(999) PANKAJ SHUKLA Vs. DEEPAK CHATURVEDI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(a) and 13(1)(b) — Divorce — Cruelty and Desertion — Breakdown of Marriage — Parties married in April 2008, separation since December 2008 (nearly 17 years) — Wife left matrimonial home to pursue professional career (judicial services preparation, later practicing as an advocate) — Wife's subsequent petition for restitution of conjugal rights (filed four years after India Law Library Docid # 2437573
(1000) M/S. JINDAL INDIA THERMAL POWER LIMITED Vs. COMMISSIONER OF COMMERCIAL TAXES AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Odisha Entry Tax Act, 1999 — Liability to Pay Interest — Payment of arrears of Entry Tax (Principal component) in installments sanctioned by Commissionerate — Order granting installments explicitly clarified liability to pay statutory interest "as per the Odisha Entry Tax Act, 1999 till full discharge of the principal component of the entry tax dues" — Applicant challenging liability to pay statutory interest at 12% per annum on India Law Library Docid # 2435440